The two-day exercises on Basco island show the importance of defending a major maritime transit point for both the Chinese and American militaries, known as the Bashi Channel
Photo: Ted Aljibe/Agence France-Presse/Getty ImagesBASCO, Philippines—On a rocky, windswept island just over 100 miles south of Taiwan, U.S.
troops from the Marines and Army ran out of MV-22 Osprey aircraft with weapons, including Javelin and Stinger missile launchers, before setting up camp next to a field of watermelons.was brought ashore on Monday from an amphibious landing craft, a system that could give U.S. forces the ability to target ships up to a few hundred miles away.
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